foray
Quick plundering venture
A foray is a sudden raid or attack, especially a quick military incursion into enemy territory.
The word extends to any brief venture into unfamiliar territory: her first foray into politics, a foray into vegetarian cooking.
The suggestion is of testing the waters rather than committing fully—you make a foray before deciding whether to stay.
Hostile territorial penetration
- sortieArmed raid outward
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- skirmishBrief, limited combat
- attackAggressive act against another
assault · strike · offensive · onslaught · guerrilla · commando · reconnaissance · scouting
Gradual intrusion on territory
- trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
- incursionHostile territorial penetration
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
penetration · intrusion · breach · infringe · overstep · impinge · territorial · boundary
Risky new undertaking
- endeavorPurposeful sustained attempt
- undertakingTask one commits to
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- enterpriseCommercial undertaking or initiative
attempt · experiment · dabble · try · exploration · excursion · outing · dip
incursion
Hostile territorial penetration
attack · assault · strike · offensive · onslaught · guerrilla · commando · reconnaissance · scouting · maraud
encroachment
Gradual intrusion on territory
- trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
- incursionHostile territorial penetration
- invasionForcible entry into territory
infiltration · penetration · intrusion · breach · infringe · overstep · impinge · territorial · boundary · uninvited
venture
Risky new undertaking
- endeavorPurposeful sustained attempt
- undertakingTask one commits to
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
enterprise · attempt · experiment · dabble · try · exploration · excursion · outing · dip · beginning
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
- plunderlooting, loot, booty, pillaging, spoils
- raidsincursion, blitz, maraud, marauding
- attacksattack, assault, strike, offensive, charge
- incursionsincursion, invasion, intrusion, encroachment, inroad
- mushroom foragingmorel, chanterelle, porcini, bolete, truffle
forayretreat
Sanctuary or withdrawal
withdrawal · flight · pullback · evacuation · falling back
foraycampaign
Organized effort toward goal
deep dive · commitment · immersion · entrenchment · career
forayabstention
Formal refusal to vote
avoidance · inaction · idleness · passivity · staying put
- sally forthLaunch an offensive emergence
- wild forageGathering food from nature
- forage fishSmall prey species